Amanda
@pandabooks.bsky.social
Law librarian, loves books, games of all kinds, knitting, and pandas.
Loved waking up to see this in my YouTube feed!
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Brennan Lee Mulligan Is Not A Lawyer (But He Sounds Like One)
YouTube video by LegalEagle
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October 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Loved waking up to see this in my YouTube feed!
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Not only did federal goons show up to try and intimidate our governor, they did so on hallowed ground. Gov. Newsom was speaking at the Democracy Center at the Japanese American National Museum, which I helped found so we do not repeat the horrors and injustices of the past. Shameful.
August 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Not only did federal goons show up to try and intimidate our governor, they did so on hallowed ground. Gov. Newsom was speaking at the Democracy Center at the Japanese American National Museum, which I helped found so we do not repeat the horrors and injustices of the past. Shameful.
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May 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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We love libraries! PBS's documentary Free For All: The Public Library traces the history of the American public library system, from the late 1800s to the book bannings and budget cuts of today:
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Trailer for Free for All: The Public Library Confirms Libraries Are Very, Very Good - Reactor
There’s a new documentary celebrating the history and impact of libraries heading to PBS, and the trailer released today touches on the unequivocal positive impact they—and the librarians who work the...
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March 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We love libraries! PBS's documentary Free For All: The Public Library traces the history of the American public library system, from the late 1800s to the book bannings and budget cuts of today:
reactormag.com/trailer-for-...
reactormag.com/trailer-for-...
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60 years ago, when Black civil rights activists marched to Montgomery from Selma, Alabama to demand voting rights, they were met with police violence.
We honored their sacrifice and recommitted ourselves to the fight at the 60th Selma Jubilee.
We honored their sacrifice and recommitted ourselves to the fight at the 60th Selma Jubilee.
Anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ Marks Continued Fight for Voting Rights | ACLU
Selma Jubilee revelers annual trek across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama reminds us why we can never stop advocating for enfranchisement for Black Americans.
www.aclu.org
March 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
60 years ago, when Black civil rights activists marched to Montgomery from Selma, Alabama to demand voting rights, they were met with police violence.
We honored their sacrifice and recommitted ourselves to the fight at the 60th Selma Jubilee.
We honored their sacrifice and recommitted ourselves to the fight at the 60th Selma Jubilee.
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As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
NH’s new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates
The law requires all new voters to show proof of their U.S. citizenship. For some, that meant making multiple trips to and from the polls before finally casting a ballot on Tuesday.
www.nhpr.org
March 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
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One thing I'm fucken sick of hearing is that people on the poverty line "don't want handouts."
Well, the rich take hand outs. Maybe they're rich bc they were offered handouts. Maybe they're rich bc they take them.
This "shame in receiving free money" for the poor but not the rich makes me SO MAD
Well, the rich take hand outs. Maybe they're rich bc they were offered handouts. Maybe they're rich bc they take them.
This "shame in receiving free money" for the poor but not the rich makes me SO MAD
March 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
One thing I'm fucken sick of hearing is that people on the poverty line "don't want handouts."
Well, the rich take hand outs. Maybe they're rich bc they were offered handouts. Maybe they're rich bc they take them.
This "shame in receiving free money" for the poor but not the rich makes me SO MAD
Well, the rich take hand outs. Maybe they're rich bc they were offered handouts. Maybe they're rich bc they take them.
This "shame in receiving free money" for the poor but not the rich makes me SO MAD
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On this Day of Remembrance, we honor the 120,000 Japanese Americans unjustly imprisoned during WWII because of their heritage. Their resilience remind us to never forget the lessons of history. We will continue to fight for justice, equality, and civil rights for all.
February 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
On this Day of Remembrance, we honor the 120,000 Japanese Americans unjustly imprisoned during WWII because of their heritage. Their resilience remind us to never forget the lessons of history. We will continue to fight for justice, equality, and civil rights for all.
For all those who voted for Trump because of the economy, how is this helping the price of eggs?
News Analysis: Once a critic of nation building, President Trump now envisions taking over Gaza, driving out its Palestinian population and transforming the coastal enclave into "the Riviera of the Middle East."
An Unbound Trump Pushes an Improbable Plan for Gaza
Once a critic of nation building, the president now envisions taking over a Middle East enclave, driving out its Palestinian population and transforming it into “the Riviera of the Middle East.”
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
For all those who voted for Trump because of the economy, how is this helping the price of eggs?
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The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
February 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
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Okay, I want to say it again for anyone who needs to hear it right now:
Yes, calling is better for getting in touch with your reps. But right now? DO IT HOWEVER YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE.
I'm really concerned that the emphasis on calling right now is stopping people from getting in touch.
Yes, calling is better for getting in touch with your reps. But right now? DO IT HOWEVER YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE.
I'm really concerned that the emphasis on calling right now is stopping people from getting in touch.
February 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Okay, I want to say it again for anyone who needs to hear it right now:
Yes, calling is better for getting in touch with your reps. But right now? DO IT HOWEVER YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE.
I'm really concerned that the emphasis on calling right now is stopping people from getting in touch.
Yes, calling is better for getting in touch with your reps. But right now? DO IT HOWEVER YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE.
I'm really concerned that the emphasis on calling right now is stopping people from getting in touch.
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Awesome series coming up at Normal Theater, sponsored by multiple ISU units. "In Her Image: Celebrating Queer Women & The Stories They Tell." Free public screenings. Introductions by ISU faculty. Come join us!
January 31, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Awesome series coming up at Normal Theater, sponsored by multiple ISU units. "In Her Image: Celebrating Queer Women & The Stories They Tell." Free public screenings. Introductions by ISU faculty. Come join us!
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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Every family and child deserves to feel safe and secure in the place they call home.
Every resident of Illinois should know their rights.
I intend to protect those rights and ensure our state laws are followed.
Every resident of Illinois should know their rights.
I intend to protect those rights and ensure our state laws are followed.
January 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Every family and child deserves to feel safe and secure in the place they call home.
Every resident of Illinois should know their rights.
I intend to protect those rights and ensure our state laws are followed.
Every resident of Illinois should know their rights.
I intend to protect those rights and ensure our state laws are followed.
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Just FYI, administrative warrants (like the ones used by ICE) are not judicial warrants (used by cops, signed by a judge).
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
January 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Just FYI, administrative warrants (like the ones used by ICE) are not judicial warrants (used by cops, signed by a judge).
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
Finished my first book of 2025! I highly recommend it for anyone concerned about book censorship. The author has a great chapter on how people can help advocate for their local libraries! 💙📚
January 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Finished my first book of 2025! I highly recommend it for anyone concerned about book censorship. The author has a great chapter on how people can help advocate for their local libraries! 💙📚
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Happy Roof Stranger Night! May you hear the hollow boom of footsteps through your ceiling tonight!
December 24, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Happy Roof Stranger Night! May you hear the hollow boom of footsteps through your ceiling tonight!
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All I want for Christmas is to pull a loose book from a bookshelf and finally, at long last, find that it opens a hidden door.
December 24, 2024 at 11:53 AM
All I want for Christmas is to pull a loose book from a bookshelf and finally, at long last, find that it opens a hidden door.
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O Library, O Library! How lovely are your branches
December 23, 2024 at 1:31 PM
O Library, O Library! How lovely are your branches
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Over the past 20 years, broken gov't tax and economic policies elevated the Uihleins from super rich to unfathomably wealthy, and what they've done with that money is undermine democracy itself while evading minimum wage by using undocumented workers.
www.propublica.org/article/ulin...
www.propublica.org/article/ulin...
NEW: “A company owned by two of Donald Trump’s top mega-donors has routinely brought dozens of its workers from Mexico to staff its warehouses in Wisconsin and other locations even though they do not appear to have permission to work in the US.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Major Trump donors who complained of immigrant ‘invasion’ used Mexican workers illegally, sources allege
Exclusive: Experts believe the alleged ‘shuttle support’ program used by Uline – a company owned by billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein – is likely illegal and exploitative of workers
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2024 at 4:20 AM
Over the past 20 years, broken gov't tax and economic policies elevated the Uihleins from super rich to unfathomably wealthy, and what they've done with that money is undermine democracy itself while evading minimum wage by using undocumented workers.
www.propublica.org/article/ulin...
www.propublica.org/article/ulin...
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Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
December 21, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
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I’m regrettably not the eccentric yet mysterious caretaker of an abandoned castle on the Irish coast, so no, I’m afraid your email did not “find me well”.
December 19, 2024 at 4:25 PM
I’m regrettably not the eccentric yet mysterious caretaker of an abandoned castle on the Irish coast, so no, I’m afraid your email did not “find me well”.
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What if we trained people not to understand, assess, and retain information by making everything freely available on the internet, then enshittified the internet so that no one understands, assesses, and retains accurate information? That would be amazeballs! 🙃
I asked Google “what is the opening line of Toni Morrison’s novel Song of Solomon?” I know it roughly but I wanted the exact wording.
Google now inflicts AI responses on all searches. I was startled by just how incorrect the AI response was. Like, my god. Is this what people are using????
Google now inflicts AI responses on all searches. I was startled by just how incorrect the AI response was. Like, my god. Is this what people are using????
December 13, 2024 at 6:24 PM
What if we trained people not to understand, assess, and retain information by making everything freely available on the internet, then enshittified the internet so that no one understands, assesses, and retains accurate information? That would be amazeballs! 🙃
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December 12, 2024 at 8:30 PM
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Like to play Tabletop RPGs, like D&D or Pathfinder? My PhD student is conducting a study on people's motives & experiences in these games. Feel free to share with your fellow gamers!
December 10, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Like to play Tabletop RPGs, like D&D or Pathfinder? My PhD student is conducting a study on people's motives & experiences in these games. Feel free to share with your fellow gamers!